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they'll know the lengths the government is going to grant themselves powers unilateral ly to create greater control over american society and global society. but they won't be willing to take the risks necessary to stand up and fight to change things, to force their representatives to actually take a stand in their interests. >> i think the thing he most fears is the most likely outcome. i think we've seen lots of scandals that we've not been able to rise up and do anything about. look at the wall street scandal. there was the occupy wall street movement, but it didn't cause an uprising in ordinary people. but i think ordinary people have lost the sense that there's a

introducing unilateral sanctions against syria and at the same time supply international aid to them it seems that they do not recognize what their rights and is doing way of the left is doing the contra things. like say bardolph again thanks very much for your time here on r.t. . a plan for a u.s. plan for a limited no fly zone over syria has also been drawn up it would be costly up to fifty million dollars a day and unlikely to affect the situation on the ground but the white house thinks it's necessary in order to reduce the risks of arming the rebels a restricted area could stretch up to forty kilometers into syria that's one hundred kilometers shy of the syrian capital damascus even without a no fly zone washington could send arms through in through jordan with patriot air defense batteries and f. sixteen fighter jets already deployed there let's discuss more on this with michael maloof a former pentagon official thanks very much for joining us here on r t so washington says as it has used chemical weapons and that have long said that was a red line in this conflict do you think

government is going to grant themselves powers unilaterally. to create greater control over american society and global society but they they won't be willing to take the risks necessary to stand up and fight to change things you know when you hear someone who is risking his whole life everything that he's done to put this information out there kevin do you think that this is exactly what was needed to finally get people to wake up and start caring about their freedoms and privacy. it takes the act that snowden engaged in to get somewhere close to reconciling with how this government is transforming the world into this you know massive surveillance state as i described earlier in the segment the congress is a part of this the obama administration wants this the judges aren't going to challenge this the employees inside who can see what is going on on a regular basis are the ones that falls upon to tell the public what they are seeing within the walls and within the halls of power the people in the press they're not pursuing this as aggressively

i wouldn't see us going in the unilaterally doing that. f, for example, that occurred we would want help from other nations. same with north korea. it is a combination of all of capabilities. but it is something i think as we move forward we have to watch and continue to develop new contingencies. smaller ing some training events this year with special nal forces and operations forces dealing specifically with this issue. capabilities we have and they have and how do we mix them to get the best solution. some discussions about this. i think that aware really work really working hard to develop tactics techniques and procedures at the at that particular time confidential and operational level. we have to have input into what strategic ean to level and policy decisions as we develop the capability in this area. those are important questions as we continue to move forward because there does there arebe a pattern some nations that if they get one or two nuclear weapons they certain things and we have to be careful and watchful of those nations

the unfortunate reality is this: today was about unilateral action and frankly putting the internationalrship with rhetoric at the end of the speech. that's exactly backwards. if we undertake unilateral action of this sort they actually give away our ability to negotiate comprehensive international agreement and worse yet by increasing energy prices in the united states we export manufacturing facilities overseas and then have to import those goods back to the united states! we have the potential of actually increasing a bonn emissions unless we approach these regulations very, very carefully. >> ifill: is executive action a unilateral action? is that the way to approach this? >> i they the president is demonstrating and what he said very clearly particularly regarding international is the united states has to lead. it's our responsibility as the largest economy and second-largest emiter to show how we can have a future that's safe for climate -- for our future. >> ifill: the president or congress? >> the president has to lead. he has the executive authority. we know we cannot get -- the

lou: the idea that he would move forward with a unilateral removal of a third of our nuclear warheadsprecedents for the russians, i have to believe that putin just was about ready to study could not believe his ears. >> did not have to fire a shot. and now unilaterally, and some speculation to the people in washington he say that it looks as though he is shaping up to do it without a treaty, in other words by pass the senate. executive power. lou: this president is becoming -- in the ways of the imperial president, taking it to the level of an imperious presidency. i want to ask you about this case on affirmative action call. the supreme court moving the decision back for consideration saying diversity itself is not a sufficient reason for affirmative action, creating preferences. your thoughts? >> i thought it was a good decision, very moderate. it did not throw out the texas program. essentially said lower courts have to look at it more rigorously. they deferred to watch latitude to the university and said, diversity is one thing, but you have to make sure that it is necessary how t

they will know the lengths that the government is going to grant themselves powers unilaterally. to exert greater control over american society and global society but they won't be willing to take the risks necessary. they like to stand up and fight to change things to force their representatives to actually take a stand in their interests. and then the months and years ahead, it's only going to get worse until there will be a time where policies will change. because the only thing that restricts the activities of the surveillance are policy. even our agreements with other sovereign governments, we consider that to be a stipulation of policy rather than a stipulation of law. because of that a new leader will be elected. they will flip the switch and say that because of the crisis, because of the dangers that we face in the world, some new and unpredicted thread. we need more authority and power. it will be turnkey tyranny. >> tom fuentes is joining us from florida and elise. how is the government going to handle this. talk to me about the extradition to hong kong. >> it raises a

you know when when relationship that a unilateral exploitation i can't stand anymore to see african starving you know when the underground is full of natural wealth which is crazy over that wealth doesn't bring anything to the local population it just benefits industrial companies international companies and their managers. of course we have to touch on the euro zone crisis sets talk about that what is your stand on the way the european union has been dealing with the crisis so far the. first and foremost i would like to say that this crisis doesn't really exist or that this crisis was invented by our leaders it doesn't exist really it's a crisis invented by our leaders in order to impose on the population restrictions today in the name of the crisis we can do anything we were juice social benefits we ask workers to work more and to unless we reduce public services while at the end of the day the citizens are not responsible for the crisis this crisis was created by our leaders and financial market this was made on purpose i'm sure and who takes advantage of this it's companies they always e

and so there is this sense that the united states acts in a unilateral way especially in that region. and it's a very. difficult challenge for the united states and it's not at all clear when or how or if the u.s. ever turns this around he you know it's democracy is something the united states always claims to support you know but in so many parts of the middle east it's not democratic but america has friends there and just as what bruce said i mean the american elite knows what people think on the ground but they don't count i guess. that's exactly right i mean who are the u.s. allies in the middle east saudi arabia the various gulf states some of the most primitive backward regimes in the world terrifyingly so who are the u.s. adversaries well you know at the moment it's syria which you know whatever the flaws of the assad regime that it was a still a multicultural multi confessional state tom also who than saudi arabia the the great champions of democracy and freedom same with with libya. on the gaddafi you know again whatever its flaws was a fairly tolerant it a fairly multicultur

a lot of intelligence gathering operations became unilateral as well. it had to be done under the noses of pakistan's government. >> host: whited the change in policy happen at that point? >> guest: as they build up of a number of years. there is pretty good relations. over time, there is increasing frustration, lack of trust to both sides. the bush administration came to basically pakistan was playing a double game. they're helping with al qaeda round up al qaeda operatives in some parts. they were supporting the taliban in afghanistan. the drove strikes that have been done with the notification of pakistan's government, the people seem to flee at the last minute. intelligence is that your suspicions of tipoff. basically the feeling was the worship and ministration had been too deferential to pakistan and by two make al qaeda built up a base about rations in the tribal areas of pakistan that looked a lot like afghanistan pre-9/11. base of operation for bush to launch attacks and bush was convinced by the cia it was time to start doing things unilateral

they unilaterally withdrew 50,000 workers from the kaesong complex in april forcing the whole thing to be shut down. they said it will be difficult to dispel mistrust among foreign investors. >>> china is reacting sharply to an eu decision to impose tar tariffs on their solar panels. and chinese commerce ministry officials say they will begin an anti-dumping probe into imported wine from europe. the european commission announced it will impose provisional anti-dumping tariffs of 12% on chinese made solar panels and related parts. the duty could be raised in stages to about 47% by august, depending on china's reaction. commerce ministry spokesperson said china has shown utmost sincerity in resolving the issue. he said china will seek to settle the dispute through further negotiations. officials with the commerce ministry said they will investigate whether eu wine is sold to china at less than its fair value through dumping or with the support of government subsidies. >>> a top chinese official who is believed to have played a key role in the 1989 tiananmen square crackdown has died. he

. >>> ecuador, renuncia de manera unilateral e irrevocable a dichas preferencias arancelarias, >>> unados unidos. >>> no solo ecuador si no estados unidos separar todo lo que es polÍtica del comercio. es importante para el exportador ecuatoriano. >>> las consecuencias anunciadas por estados unidos, en caso que se otorgara este asilo se comenzara a sentir en pocas semanas, pero se ex tienden por un largo perÍodo de tiempo en la economÍa de este pais. en quito ecuador. univisiÓn. >>> seguimos con este tema, desde venezuela, donde el presidente nicolÁs maduro, dijo que si edward Ñasnowden solicit asilo polÍtico. se lo secretaria casi seguro. >>> alinearse para proteger al ex agente de la cia maduro seÑalÓ y cito sus palabras. no dejemos solo, a este muchacho, para que no sea capturado y asesinado por los estados unidos. >>> una pausa, la orientaciÓn sexual de un nominado, a dirigir la embajada de estados unidos en repÚblica dominicana, estÁ en el centro de una creciente controversia. tambiÉn, polemica ha generado en new york, una decisiÓn sobre el programa conocido como stop and friz. y l

he mentioned cases involving unilateral use of military force, unfounded territorial claims and violations of international law. he said leaders should quickly come up with legally binding rules to settle disputes peacefully. they discussed the friction over the islands. >>> government leaders in japan have acknowledged for years that north korean agents abducted more than a dozen japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s. be a lot higher and could include people listed as missing at sea. they're launching a new investigation. the minister in charge of the abduction issue says police and japanese coast guard will investigate accidents where people meant missing at sea. >> translator: we'll recheck cases listed as accidents at sea but that might have been abductions. >> government officials suspect north korean agents abducted japanese crew members on fishing boats operating on the sea of japan. the government officially recognizes 17 people as abductees, but police are examining more than 800 missing persons cases to see if north korea played a role. >>> a leading u.s. senator is urging japa

. >> on thursday, the government here announced they were renouncing unilateral agreement that exists between the united states and ecuador. they are saying the united states is using this type of andeannt to coerce nations. the government said on thursday that they did not need it and they were not going to be forced into any type of decision regarding edwards noted's political asylum. -- with edward snowden. they had contact with him only once and that happened last tuesday in russia and the contact was made between the ecuadorean ambassador in russia and edward snowden. no other contact had been made. they said that his political asylum had not been processed because it had not been made to ecuadorean soil. now it is going to take longer. the ecuadorian government is obviously taking its time to decide whether to grant snowden political asylum or not. >> it has brought into the limelight the government snooping of personal data. this report on what happened to the issue of domestic spying. >> the case of edward stoughton followed obama on thursday. he was asked how far he would go

they say they will stand against a unilateral show of force. they met in tokyo and discussed china's recent rise in maritime activity. japan and the if il beans each have issues with china over islands in their connectioning seas. any action to change the status quo by force will be unacceptable and said disputes should only be solved through international law. >> they said the philippines hopes a peaceful solution can be found for any crisis. >>> investors are desperate looking for reassurance that the global equity sell off is done and losses are only snowballing into more losses. good morning. why are investors so worried? >> investors are disagreeing with the u.s. central bank about when to taper the monetary easing and add to that fresh concerns about banks in china. u.s. stocks tumbled after a heavy sell off in shanghai adding to jitters about the plan to taper bond buying. risk aversion is prominent. the dow jones average closed at a two-month low of 14,659, down 139 points or 0.94%. the benchmark plunged more than 240 points at one stag

violate the rules of that institution and decide for your own self what you're going to do in a unilateral way that no one else can reverse. and that's what he did. so he betrayed the trust of the institution. he betrayed what creates a government which is being a civil servant, a servant to a larger cause and not going off on a unilateral thing because it makes you feel grandiose. >> woruffso he should be prosecuted? >> well, obviously there's a calculation involved. he was willing to sacrifice what was according to all reports a six-figure income, a prestigious position. i mean, and he was willing to sacrifice that or trade it for making public -- i mean, you can call it narcissism but -- call it a martyr complex, but he did do this instead of, you know, leaking it out or whatever. all administrations hate leaks unless they look good by them. unless the leaks are made by them themselves. i mean this is -- but i just don't see -- john boehner calls him a traitor and dianne feinstein calls him a traitor. >> can i just make one political point which struck me this week powerfully. which is

nuclear wednesday unilaterally. gorbachev matched this. the president clearly indicated his preferences for negotiation bus any president would be foolish to give up the right to size the u.s. nuclear forces the way he sees fit, we can not let russia dictate what weapons we deploy or how much we spend. that's our prerogative, not theirs. >> i think there's going to be a lot of concern in the congress and particularly the senate about this, not for the least of the reasons being that the russians as the strategic force posture commission recognized have been in violation of the unilateral undertakings they made with regard to the george h.w. bush reductions joe just talked about. >> warner: is there anything the senate could do to prevent this? or the congress? >> well, the congress, in the current version of the national defense authorization act pass bid the house there are requirements not to fund new start reductions until the administration has ratified or -- suggested that the agreement be sent to them as a treaty. >> warner: we forge

unilateralism. at other countries i do not see countries that have the capacity, that have the outlook to essentially devote a significant chunk of their resources to building regional or global arrangements. the united states did this in quite a concerted fashion after world war ii. it has done it off and on ever since. if the u.s. is unwilling or unable to lead, i do not see anybody else stepping up but i would be open to it. if other countries were willing to step up and do their share to do do a stable, prosperous, peaceful world, i would say great. we should be happy to work with them but i do not think it is going to happen. tavis: let me shift to that underperforming at home that you spend a good amount of time in the text talking about as well. i want to ask the question this way. i do not think most americans would disagree that there are a we areof things on which underperforming and i am happy to have you share part of that list with the audience but as you sure that, make the link for me

you can carry that argument on out and say that if you pass these things, if we do it unilaterally in the united states as the president is suggesting today, it's going to have the effect of increasing co2 because as people go and seek those countries where they can actually do this, where they don't have any restrictions at all. so there's no need for the president to take us down this path. he is beholden to his environmental base which claims global warming is the biggest threat facing humanity. and he said in recent months all the major weather events of the last decade have been the result of global warming. some even claim oklahoma's recent tornadoes are the result of global warming. this isn't true. at oklahoma university, if you talk to them down in the weather center down there, they say this year has not been any different than years past. we plotted our tornadoes since 1950. you don't have tornadoes in your state of nevada like we do in the state of oklahoma, but we've had them since the 1950's and the trend is just about the same. it's not any higher this year, last year a

>> well, you know, a unilateral cessation of war is often the equivalent of defeat.tart this war against the terrorists, we didn't ask for it. we haven't sought it out. they were the ones who attacked us. so apart from quoting madison out of context, as a number of people have demonstrated, when one side just gives up the war that the other side is still waging, there are going to be serious consequences. the president has a very misguided view of the role of american power in the world. we provide a benign influence on our behalf when we step back and don't contest the terrorists. they will press forward. when the president says, as he did on the arms control issue, he wants to reduce our nuclear arsenal by another third, that is an invitation both for russia and for china and rogue states like iran and north korea to build up their arsenals. this is a program of weakness. jenna: ambassador bolton, let's take that beyond just the policy or the paradigm in which our leaders are making decisions, because real decisions are being made based on what you're saying about

concerns about its integrity occur and apparently the feds general counsel got alvarez decided unilaterally and five thousand dollars i mean kicked out of your home is a good idea. and here is what's in your prime interest. in our interview last wednesday with jen rogers he told us that he didn't believe in gold or silver price manipulation. i think you're. at least thirty years. or prime interest producer justin underhill is here with her charts and she took an end up walk where some of these claims of gold manipulation might have come from. just seeing can you just tell us about what you found well i won't get into the merits of gold manipulation or silver manipulation but what i would like to highlight today is the divergence of the prices between gold trading during the day versus overnight gold trends on exchanges all over the world during the day in places like london and new york and overnight in places like singapore and this line looks at the trading during the day of gold in the london and if this is what happens if you were to buy during the day the intraday price. this is from t

as decided unilaterally and five thousand dollars a year home was a good idea. and here is what the new our prime interest. in our interview last wednesday with jen rogers he told us that he didn't believe in gold or silver price manipulation. the theory was there were. at least thirty years. or prime interest producer justin underhill is here with her charts and she took an end up walk where some of these claims of gold manipulation might have come from. just being can you just tell us about what you found chart well i won't get into the merits of gold manipulation or silver manipulation but what i would like to highlight today is the divergence of the prices between gold trading during the day versus overnight gold trends on exchanges all over the world during the day in places like london and new york and overnight in places like singapore and this line looks at the trading during the day of gold in the london and if this is what happens if you were to buy during the day the intraday price from this is from two thousand and one to two thousand and twelve so l

it gives the secretary tremendous, often unilateral discretion to implement the bill, and in many instances that discretion is not even subject to judicial review. this, obviously, is not the way that power is supposed to work in our representative system of government. uncontrolled, unilateral discretion is not what the framers of the constitution envisioned for a government with separation of powers and checks and balances. we have seen, for instance and recently with the i.r.s. what can hel happen when the executie branch exercises authority with too much discretion and not enough oversight. by some accounts, there are 222 provisions in this bill that give the secretary of homeland security discretion or even allow her to waive otherwise governing parts of the bill. now, other people have counted even more than the 222 provisions that i have just referred to. whether it's more or less, it's still ar a lot and in some cases it's not just the delegation, it's how it's delegated. the secretary's unbridled waiver authority makes a bill that is already weak on immigration enforcement then eve

national intelligence director says, "it does not collect information unilaterally."net providers gave targeted information he said under court order. and said the program is vital to keeping the nation safe. >>> people in san francisco today held a teach-in about army whistle-blower and talked about the controversial zinn decision to with draw his name as the honorary grand marshal. >> we're going to have a huge contingent in the parade, prochange him our grand marshal. >> today's teach-in focused on educating people about the case. the 25-year-old army private has pleaded guilty to leaks certain classified documents. >>> the city of sanford, florida is getting ready for injure selection monday in the second-degree murder trial of george zimmerman. in february of 2012, zimmerman shot and killed a teenager while on his neighborhood watch the case is so controversial, the judge decided to sequester the jury. >> well, i want open minds and people have not made up their minds and people who are strong enough to decide the case on the facts and the law and not on the exte

. >> if he could do it unilaterally why did he wait so long? >> because i think it's politically better to let everybody participate in it, to let industry have a seat at the table, environmentalists have a seat at the table. you can say that it's a compromise. because frankly, for many years republicans have said that democrats have a war on coal. we all remember mitt romney's ads in ohio last time around. and the democrats always deny it. but the democrats do have a war on coal. you have to have a war on coal if you think climate change is real. and the reason is because coal is the single largest source of co2 in the united states. and if you don't do anything about coal you don't do anything about climate change. >> so when is the epa going to pass or propose some rules? and what are those rules likely to do about power plants and coal in particular? >> the draft rules should come out by june of next year. and nobody knows for sure exactly what going to do. but one likely way this is going to play out is that the epa is not going to say the